The award had been given to Kakoma in 2010 by High Court Judge Yorokamu Bamwiine, as his final settlement for the anthem; Oh Uganda, the Land of Beauty, which was selected as a winning composition by a committee which was seeking for a short, original, solemn and praising" anthem, as the nation obtained independence from Great Britain.
Read more ...A number of unions are seeking compensation of assets that were lost during the National Resistance movement struggle, Hostilities by the Lord’s Resistance Army, atrocities during Idi Amin’s regime, and different regime changes among others.
Read more ...Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga says that police personnel, acting on intelligence tips have raided garages, motorcycle shops and spare parts outlets in Nateete, Katwe and Nalukolongo, in operations that have so far led to the recovery of 45 motorcycles and the arrest of 13 suspects.
Read more ...Mane’s team qualified for the final of the 2019 AFCON after seeing off Tunisia 1-0 in the first semi final, before Algeria sunk Nigeria 2-1 in the second game played on Sunday night in Cairo, Egypt.
Read more ...The data mostly collected on paper from various weather stations across the country remain inaccessible to the World Meteorological Authority. This, in turn, has affected modelling of the future Climate map for the country.
Read more ...Denis Walinga, a taxi driver who operates on Jinja stage, says the system now imposes fines on them as opposed to the vehicle owners. He also says that the system doesn’t allow drivers time to negotiate their way out with the taxi owners.
Read more ...Gatare met his death around 1:30am on January, 1st, 2015 following an attack on Nile Avenue as he was returning home after watching fireworks at Serena Hotel. His assailants made off with his black berry phone valued at more than Shillings 1 million.
Read more ...Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, said the guns were recovered in the past five months through intelligence led crackdowns. He says majority of the guns have since established to have been stolen from private security guards.
Read more ...Police have identified the deceased as 40-Year-old Richard Makumbi, a resident of Kamusenene village in Nyamarwa Sub-county in Kibaale district.
Read more ...Nabikolo was initially charged with murder following the death of her husband, who was knocked dead by a speeding motor vehicle while jogging near his home in Muyenga in October 2014. The prosecution had maintained that the accident that claimed Kasiwukira’s life was planned by Nabikolo, her cousin Sandra Nakkungu and Ashraf Jaden, a police officer formerly attached to Muyenga police post.
Read more ...Lamwo District Education Officer Barnabas Langoya says the situation is worse among schools within refugee-hosting communities in the sub-counties of Palabek Ogili, Palabek Kal and Palabek Gem. Some of the affected schools were set up by development partners in agreement with the district to support the education of pupils from refugee settlements.
Read more ...“I don’t know what to tell you. I wait for my time when I will also die. After all, even my child has died,” she told our reporter who tried to inquire how she was managing. Draru was first raped in March 2015 as she returned from Ayipe Trading Centre around 8pm.
Read more ...Kasese District LC V Chairperson, Geoffrey Sibendire Bigogo, said it is unfortunate that close to three years after the arrest of the suspects, they have remained in detention without trial. Biigogo told URN that government had committed itself to screen all the suspects such that those who are innocent can be set free in vain.
Read more ...This is part of a drive to recruit up to 13,000 personnel to boost the UPDF reserve force. According to the 3rd Division Spokesman Abert Arinaitwe, the recruitment will start from Kaabong district this morning and continue up to Friday in the districts of Kotido, Abim, Moroto and Nakapiripirit.
Read more ...The Namisindwa Woman Member of Parliament, Canon Grace Namukhula Watuwa, says the entire process was marred with several anomalies.
Read more ...Dr Nyinoburyo adds that when the food cooked in polythene bags is consumed, it can cause mutations in the body cells causing them to become cancerous and other diseases like digestive disorders, liver and kidney related diseases.
Read more ...It is not by surprise that the top three ranked African teams (as per FIFA ranking of June 14th) Senegal, Tunisia and Nigeria have made it to the semi finals.
Read more ...In 2018, the lawyer of the Electoral Commission Eric Sabiiti told URN that more than 100 local council general election petitions that ended up in court most of them had issues to do with voter registration.
Read more ...The on-going airport expansion works include erection of a new cargo centre with storage capacity of 100,000 tonnes, way higher than 59,000 tonnes of the former centre, an apron, an upgrade on the runway 12/30 among others.
Read more ...Pastor Joseph Kabuleta’s Legal team has been denied access at Special Investigations Division in Kireka according to information from the Watchman Ministries.
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